Mostly issues with being overly sensitive about other children not following rules, other children saying mean things, too much noise, not wanting to play with peers in centers. She plays well with older children and some girls her agee.
I have attached a picture of her test scores. Any insight you can share would be appreciated. Would she be considered to be gifted with these scores? Are her scores advanced enough to cause these difficulties in preschool? Since she is only 3.8 could we expect her to receive similar scores if retested in a couple of years? I'm wondering how stable scores are at this age. Also, any suggestions on the type of preschool and kinder would meet her needs? Scores listed below
WPPSI IV
Verbal Comprehension Index 135
Visual-Spatial Index 115
Working memory Index 124
Full-Scale IQ 140
Fireweed25 - preschool is a tough age to tease out the reason for issues as there's a lot going on and children often aren't able to express what's at the root of an issue. You mentioned sensitivity to too much noise. One of our children was extremely sensitive to noise when she was young - we had no idea at the time but it was related to vision challenges (she had 20/20 eyesight, but her eyes didn't track together at all, so when she used her eyes she either had double vision or the vision in one eye shut off completely leaving her with extremely limited peripheral vision). I noticed that the Visual-Spatial Index on your dd's WISC is a relatively low score - you might want to look at the subtests, review what specific skill sets each requires, and see if there's a pattern that's discernible such as lower scores on subtests requiring visual skills.
Another thing to think through - is she having the same kind of challenges at home and in other places that she's having in preschool? If not, it's possible that the preschool simply isn't a good fit regardless of her intellectual abilities. She might rather be in a school that is more play-based, has a different philosophy or schedule, or quite possibly has a different personality type of adults who spend time with the children. Hope that makes sense!
Best wishes,
polarbear
